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1 8 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 7.14
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WE
L
OVE
SPOTTING
We spotted this fella at a
Younger Woman's Club fashion show.
(Send us an unexpected feur-de-lis
spotting of your own. It just might make
a future issue. editorial@loumag.com,
subject: feur-de-lis.)
for a
kid
Question
Do you like living in Louisville?
"I like it. Because we have Christmas."
— Annie, local second-grader
www.ymcalouisvillechildcare.org
www.cfouisville.org
In darkened clear water. That's where it hap-
pened. Louisville rock legends Slint (whose
reunion tour makes a stop at Forecastle on Satur-
day, July 19) drove up to Utica Quarry in south-
ern Indiana to take the cover photo for their 1991
masterpiece Spiderland. The foursome's class-
mate and longtime friend Will Oldham (yes, that
Will Oldham, the enigmatic Louisville musician)
snapped the iconic black-and-white picture him-
self. About 10 years ago the old limestone quarry
became part of a private housing development
called Quarry Bluff Estates, but adventurous Slint
fans can walk (read: sneak) through the front gate
to witness "Utica Quarry, Nighttime" in person.
It's easy to see why the band chose to take the
photo at the quarry: Spiderland's broken sound
oozed a sense of human insignifcance, and the
quarry's ominous, looming rock cliffs could make
even Game of Thrones giant Ser Gregor Clegane
feel tiny. The only secret that Slint fans have yet to
discover is whose Saab is featured on the cover
of the band's debut, Tweez.
— Will Ryan
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